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Gelmersee

lake in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
LakeBodyOfWater reservoir Q677862
Gelmersee
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Summary

Gelmersee is a reservoir[1]. Gelmersee ranks in the top 7% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (388 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Berne[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Basin country: Switzerland[5]
  • Commons category: Gelmersee[6]
  • Official name: Gelmersee[7]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1849 m[8]
  • Area: 64.5 km²[9]
  • Watershed area: 16 km²[10]
  • Volume as quantity: 14 cubic hectometre[11]
  • Mountain range: Alps[12]

Why It Matters

Gelmersee has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Gelmersee is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Alps Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Watershed area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16'}
    Mountain range → Alps
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.616111111111, 'lon': 8.3322222222222}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1849'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
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